A Chadian soldier smokes as he sits on an armoured vehcile of a convoy of Chadian soldiers part of the multinational African force FOMAC manning a position near Damara on January 2, 2013. The commander of multinational African force FOMAC on Wednesday warned rebels in the Central African Republic against trying to take the key town of Damara, saying it would "amount to a declaration of war". Damara is the last strategic town between the Seleka rebel coalition and the capital Bangui, after the rebels seized much of the country in a three-week advance that began in the north and has brought them to within 160 kilometres (100 miles) of the capital, in the south.